In 1986, Chase checked into the Betty Ford drug rehabilitation center for addiction to painkillers.

At the time, his then-publicist told The New York Times that the actor had developed a “dependency on prescription drugs relating to chronic and long-term back problems” tied to the pratfalls and stunts he did on projects such as “Saturday Night Live.”

While some of his “SNL” co-stars have struggled with drug use, Chase told Esquire magazine in 2010 that he was never big into recreational drugs.

“I was pretty low-level when it came to drug abuse,” Chase said. “I checked myself into the Betty Ford Clinic after my nose started to hurt.”

The 72-year-old actor will next be seen in “The Christmas Apprentice” and “Dog Years.”